Barack Quotes

• it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." - Barack Obama, 44th U.S. President

  Barack Obama

  Talking, Important, President

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• My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, he's always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination.

  Cornel West

  Brother, Growing Up, Father

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• I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them.

  Harry Reid

  Giving Up, Hate, Fighting

  "Countdown with Keith Olbermann", www.nbcnews.com. December 16th, 2010.

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• Barack Obama has raised tons of money. That is what he means by being green.

  Evan Sayet

  Mean, Usa, Green

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• Barack Obama says that we need to be humble toward terrorism. Yet he is the one we have been waiting for. That is humble?

  Evan Sayet

  Humble, Usa, Waiting

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• Well I think that, if you want to look at polarizing people right now, I wouldn't look at Palin, I'd look at Barack Obama.

  Laura Ingraham

  Thinking, Usa, People

  "Laura Ingraham Throws Down With Matt Lauer on Today". "TODAY" with Matt Lauer, www.newsbusters.org. March 29, 2010.

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• Barack is one of the smartest people you will ever encounter who will deign to enter this messy thing called politics.

  Michelle Obama

  People, Encounters, Messy

  "Deign or Reign?" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. January 2, 2008.

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• Who is Barack Obama? Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father Jor-El to save the Planet Earth. Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president. If I had to name my greatest strength, I guess it would be my humility. Greatest weakness, it's possible that I'm a little too awesome.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Father, Humility

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• And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

  Michelle Obama

  Hard Work, People, Want

  Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 25 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually Swahili for 'That One.' And I got my middle name from somebody who obviously didn't think I'd ever run for president.

  Barack Obama

  Running, Father, Thinking

  "Is Obama Implicated By The Blagojevich Scandal?". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 12, 2008.

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• In my opinion, we've elected a Marxist [Barack Obama] to be president of the United States.

  Paul Broun

  Usa, President, United States

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• I don't know anyone at the highest levels who approved Abu Ghraib. If President Barack Obama for a moment thought that somebody at a high level had approved it, he would go after them.

  Peter King

  Usa, President, Levels

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• So what is so strange about saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to reconstruct and reform this nation so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? I want the country to survive. I want the country to succeed.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Liberty, Foundation

  "Rush: Obama bastardizing Constitution" by David Mark, www.politico.com. February 28, 2009.

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• I think Barack Obama is a one-term President.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, Usa, President

  "ABC's Claire Shipman Worries About 'Republican-edgy' Tone of CPAC, GOP's 'Big Tent Problem'". www.newsbusters.org. February 19, 2010.

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• The only thing growing faster than the federal government's deficit is Chris Matthews' man-crush on Barack Obama.

  Tim Pawlenty

  Crush, Men, Usa

  "Red meat from T-Paw" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. June 6, 2009.

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• The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.

  Michelle Obama

  Reality, Men, Black

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• For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Moving, Thinking

  Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.65, PublicAffairs

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• Al Qaeda is still a threat. We cannot pretend somehow that because Barack Hussein Obama got elected as president, suddenly everything is going to be OK.

  Barack Obama

  Usa, President, Hussein

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• President Barack Obama has it right - there is a lot to change about Washington. The problem is, not much will get changed unless we confront the runaway filibuster in the U.S. Senate.

  Peter Fenn

  Usa, President, Problem

  "The tyranny of the minority" by Peter Fenn, www.politico.com. March 19, 2009.

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• No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.

  Joe Biden

  Income, Gains, Pennies

  Democratic Sen. Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, debated in St. Louis, Missouri, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2008.

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• When Barack Obama is right, then I'll support him. When he is wrong, I'll fight him.

  Paul Broun

  Fighting, Usa, Support

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• I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

  Ed Rendell

  Thinking, Ethical Standards, Usa

  "Gov. Rendell and Rep. Issa on 'FNS'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. May 31, 2010.

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• Christ would not vote for Barack Obama because Barack Obama has voted to behave in a way that it is inconceivable for Christ to have behaved.

  Alan Keyes

  Usa, Way, Vote

  "Obama becomes rising star among Democrats". "MSNBC Documentaries", www.nbcnews.com. February 20, 2008.

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• I could have possibly beaten Senator McCain in the primary. Then I could have been the candidate who lost to Barack Obama.

  Mitt Romney

  Usa, Lost, Mccain

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• My parents shared not only an improbable love, they shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation. They would give me an African name, Barack, or blessed, believing that in a tolerant America your name is no barrier to success.

  Barack Obama

  Love, Believe, Blessed

  2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

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